Thanks to data center demands, Western Digital has committed all of its HDDs for at least the rest of the year.

In this increasingly digital era, physical media has become a thing of the past in most circles. There is, however, sustained interest in such supposedly antiquated tech. Some examples of this include ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Sony’s new slim model of the PlayStation 5 is going to come with a pretty major catch for those ...

Here at Ars, we’ve been publicly musing about whether the world was ready for a disc-free game console since as far back as 2015. Now, though, the better question might be whether the world ever needs ...

Stop deleting console games: Your old PC hard drive is the perfect 'cold storage' for your PS5 or Xbox ...

The new all-digital configuration of the Xbox Series X ditches the disc drive and (slightly) drops the price to under $450. Sean Booker Former Senior Video Producer As Senior Video Producer at CNET, ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...

Retail boxes for the PS5 Slim have revealed an internet connection is required to pair the detachable disc drive to the console before it can be used. As Eurogamer reports, Sony decided to add a ...

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After you’ve paired the console and optical drive, you’ll be in the clear. But some are already annoyed by the requirement. After you’ve paired the console and optical drive, you’ll be in the clear.

If you plan to pick up a slim PS5 digital edition or the PS5 Pro, you probably know already that you’ll be needing a disc drive if you want to play Blu-ray games and movies. Sony makes a $79.99 ...